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Balance Method Point Solver

Dr. Tan's six systems and the mirror and image formats, run as rules over the classical channel points. Name the channel and region of a complaint; the solver returns the channels that balance it and a ranked list of distal points, each with the system that chose it and its cautions.

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Worked cases

Spleen channel · Ankle

The six systems

System Treating channel Look at Side
1. Same Chinese name Lung (LU)
Wrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Shoulder · Reversed mirror
opposite side
2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Small Intestine (SI)
Wrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Shoulder · Reversed mirror
either side
3. Interior–exterior pair Stomach (ST)
Ankle, Heel · Same segment, opposite side
opposite side
4. Chinese clock opposite Triple Energiser (TE)
Wrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Shoulder · Reversed mirror
either side
5. Chinese clock neighbour Heart (HT)
Wrist · Mirror (arm ↔ leg)
Shoulder · Reversed mirror
opposite side
6. Same channel Spleen (SP)
Ankle, Heel · Same segment, opposite side
opposite side

Ranked points (12)

  1. 1
    SI5 Yanggu Small Intestine · Wrist · either side score 3.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-River point Fire point of the Small Intestine channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
  2. 2
    SI6 Yanglao Small Intestine · Wrist · either side score 3.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Xi-Cleft point
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
  3. 3
    TE4 Yangchi Triple Energiser · Wrist · either side score 3.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Yuan-Source point
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
    • Named in a Balance Method combination for this region
  4. 4
    HT5 Tongli Heart · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Luo-Connecting point
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  5. 5
    HT6 Yinxi Heart · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Xi-Cleft point
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  6. 6
    HT7 Shenmen Heart · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    5. Chinese clock neighbour Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Heart channel Sedation (son) point
    • Selected by system 5 (Chinese clock neighbour)
  7. 7
    LU8 Jingqu Lung · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Jing-River point Metal point of the Lung channel Horary point
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)

    ⚠ The radial artery lies immediately medial — locate the pulse and needle lateral to it. Moxibustion is classically avoided here.

  8. 8
    LU9 Taiyuan Lung · Wrist · opposite side score 1.0
    1. Same Chinese name Mirror (arm ↔ leg) Shu-Stream point Yuan-Source point Earth point of the Lung channel Tonification (mother) point Hui-Meeting point of the vessels
    • Selected by system 1 (Same Chinese name)

    ⚠ The radial artery runs at the point — palpate the pulse and insert beside it, not into it.

  9. 9
    SI9 Jianzhen Small Intestine · Shoulder · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Reversed mirror
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))

    ⚠ Do not angle medially toward the chest wall.

  10. 10
    SI10 Naoshu Small Intestine · Shoulder · either side score 1.0
    2. Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong) Reversed mirror Meeting point of the Small Intestine channel with the Yang Wei and Yang Qiao Mai
    • Selected by system 2 (Branching (Bie Jing / Zang Fu Bie Tong))
  11. 11
    ST41 Jiexi Stomach · Ankle · opposite side score 1.0
    3. Interior–exterior pair Same segment, opposite side Jing-River point Fire point of the Stomach channel Tonification (mother) point
    • Selected by system 3 (Interior–exterior pair)
  12. 12
    TE14 Jianliao Triple Energiser · Shoulder · either side score 1.0
    4. Chinese clock opposite Reversed mirror
    • Selected by system 4 (Chinese clock opposite)
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 12. TE14 11. ST41 8. LU9 7. LU8 6. HT7 5. HT6 4. HT5 3. TE4 2. SI6 1. SI5
Fig. — front After Albinus, 1747
Body map, front: candidate points numbered by rank 12. TE14 11. ST41 8. LU9 7. LU8 6. HT7 5. HT6 4. HT5 3. TE4 2. SI6 1. SI5

Candidates, front · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 10. SI10 9. SI9
Fig. — back After Albinus, 1747
Body map, back: candidate points numbered by rank 10. SI10 9. SI9

Candidates, back · Albinus, Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

No point in the mapped segment: SP at Ankle, Heel (Same channel);

Structural selection only. Needling depth, technique and contraindications remain the practitioner's; every point above shows its corpus cautions. Sources: Tan, Twelve and Twelve in Acupuncture (1991); Tan, Acupuncture 1, 2, 3 (2007).